Award-Winning SAT Writing and Language Tutors serving Albuquerque, NM

Retired certified teacher, university professor, taught all elem subjects and mid/high school Literature, Spanish, Art, Computers, Social and Natural Sciences, SAT Prep, University French and English Law, Econ, etc. Curriculum design for UNM, Berkeley, State Dept. 90th percentile GRE, FSE, NMTEs, Praxis. Bilingual consultant for business (Pfizer, J&J) and government (DSS, CDC). Level 6 copy writer/editor. Taught on 4 1/2 continents!

...passionate about teaching and tutoring because I love seeing students learn to be intellectually independent and think through problems on their own terms by developing their critical thinking skills. I have devoted my life to education because I am passionate about it, and I try to share some of my passion for learning with the students I work with. I tutor all sorts of Standardized Tests, and I particularly enjoy working on logic-based problems like...

...(ACT, PLAN, SAT, etc...) I have experience working with students since I started tutoring in my senior year of high school. I am currently a business student at the University of New Mexico. I am attentive to student's needs and want each and every one of them to succeed in school. I enjoy backpacking around the state and am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino movies and the Marvel Franchise movies. I do a lot...

...shy children, to young adults able to navigate their way around German speaking countries, without fear or apprehension. I love listening to my students speak to each other, and their German counterparts in German, and I love seeing their non-German-speaking peers look at them with envy, although they would never say anything. Mostly, I love the fact that students go from an isolated American, to a person with genuine contact and opportunity in a part...

I have tutored elementary school, high school, and college students. I love helping students achieve their learning goals!

...them. I have experience working with students from elementary age to college age, in a variety of subjects. I love to write, read, and learn about history and cultures - so if those are areas you struggle with, or want someone to geek over them with you, I'm here to help :) When I'm not tutoring, I enjoy hiking, exploring new places (like New Mexico - where I recently moved!), and watching the new hot...

...foreign languages. So (while I can't teach maths), I have multiple endorsements, and I am able to teach multiple levels in each subject. Most of the subjects I have taught are listed below. Those with an asterisk are undergraduate-level courses: English 10 (World Lit), English 11 (American Lit), English 12 (British Lit), *Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition (poetry, fiction from 1600- ), *Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (nonfiction, rhetoric from 500 BCE- ),...

...also a guest teacher in a middle school science class as part of a science literacy fellowship and enjoyed creating innovative lesson plans to engage students beyond a lecture hall. I am a firm believer in education, believing it to be absolutely necessary for fostering the next generation of informed critical thinkers. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about Ecology, Biology and Environmental Science. In my spare time, I...

...to connect the learning content to the students life and interests. I teach writing by modeling form and giving examples and practice. I utilize scaffolding to build upon prior knowledge and help students move to the next task. And I give added practice examples for areas where students are struggling i.e using evidence, analysis, organization I have a masters in Teaching English as a Second Language (especially adult ESL), and also coursework and teaching experience...

...attend Stanford Law School in the fall, where I plan to study civil rights and liberties and constitutional law. During my time in school, I found that I learned best by studying with others. My time both assisting and learning from my peers has proven to me the value of one-on-one interaction. I am excited to tutor students in history, civics, geography, english and for a number of standardized tests listed on my profile.

...litigated successfully in federal district and appellate courts. Before law school, I worked in Cochabamba, Bolivia with an organization of women's construction cooperatives on issues related to child care, nutrition, occupational health, and gender empowerment. Prior to that, I worked as an Association of Schools and Programs for Public Health post-MPH fellow in Washington, D.C., where I focused on children's environmental health issues. Before that, I spent a year in AmeriCorps Community HealthCorps of Northern...

...in the Federated States of Micronesia and Jordan. This included teaching at public and private universities. Back in the United States I have taught GRE and LSAT prep classes for individual students preparing for graduate school. I graduated with a masters degree from the University of Chicago. Since then I have been an instructor teaching MBA students at New Mexico State University. I am comfortable teaching a wide variety of subjects and look forward to...